Five Below Inc (NASDAQ: FIVE)’s stock price has gone decline by -1.58 in comparison to its previous close of 107.85, however, the company has experienced a -3.94% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. investorplace.com reported 2024-06-28 that While the economy may have bounced back on paper from the COVID-19 disaster, it’s increasingly looking like we’re headed toward a K-shaped recovery. Per Investopedia, this phenomenon refers to a recovery following a recession (or in this case an acute emergency) where “only certain sectors, industries, or areas of the economy recover.
Is It Worth Investing in Five Below Inc (NASDAQ: FIVE) Right Now?
Five Below Inc (NASDAQ: FIVE) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 19.94x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.19. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 as “overweight,” 7 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
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The public float for FIVE is 53.92M, and at present, short sellers hold a 6.36% of that float. On July 03, 2024, the average trading volume of FIVE was 1.37M shares.
FIVE’s Market Performance
The stock of Five Below Inc (FIVE) has seen a -3.94% decrease in the past week, with a -23.15% drop in the past month, and a -37.97% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.59%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 4.25% for FIVE. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -9.57% for FIVE’s stock, with a simple moving average of -37.56% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of FIVE
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for FIVE stocks, with BofA Securities repeating the rating for FIVE by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for FIVE in the upcoming period, according to BofA Securities is $125 based on the research report published on June 14, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Telsey Advisory Group, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see FIVE reach a price target of $155, previously predicting the price at $220. The rating they have provided for FIVE stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on June 06th, 2024.
Wells Fargo gave a rating of “Overweight” to FIVE, setting the target price at $180 in the report published on April 25th of the current year.
FIVE Trading at -19.39% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought FIVE to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -50.90% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 4.25%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.59%, as shares sank -24.58% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -29.37% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, FIVE fell by -3.94%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -33.99% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $115.65. In addition, Five Below Inc saw -50.20% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at FIVE starting from Vellios Thomas, who sale 10,000 shares at the price of $185.82 back on Jan 19 ’24. After this action, Vellios Thomas now owns 333,697 shares of Five Below Inc, valued at $1,858,225 using the latest closing price.
Anderson Joel D, the President & CEO of Five Below Inc, purchase 3,100 shares at $161.50 during a trade that took place back on Sep 08 ’23, which means that Anderson Joel D is holding 99,656 shares at $500,650 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for FIVE
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.1 for the present operating margin
- 0.34 for the gross margin
The net margin for Five Below Inc stands at 0.08. The total capital return value is set at 0.12. Equity return is now at value 19.86, with 8.05 for asset returns.
Based on Five Below Inc (FIVE), the company’s capital structure generated 0.54 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.24. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.16. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 104.01.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 516.32 million with net debt to EBITDA at 3.36. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.08. The receivables turnover for the company is 754.03for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.92. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.55.
Conclusion
To sum up, Five Below Inc (FIVE) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
